Built 1931 NRHP Reference # 77000571 Added to NRHP 29 August 1977 | Architect Horace England Co. Opened 1931 | |
 | ||
Similar Schlitterbahn Kansas City, Lee Richardson Zoo, David Traylor Zoo of Emporia, Topeka Zoo, Sedgwick County Zoo | ||
Kenny bob davis memorial
The Davis Memorial is a monument in Hiawatha, Kansas at the Mount Hope Cemetery, built by John Milburn Davis in honor of his wife Sarah after her death. Begun soon after her death in 1930 and completed in 1934, the monument consists of statues of the couple and a small shelter, carved from Italian marble. Its cost (approximately $200,000) led many in the community to criticize Davis for his free spending during the Great Depression. Today, the monument benefits the community financially because of the thousands of tourists who visit it. The memorial was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Contents
Davis memorial hiawatha kansas
References
Davis Memorial Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA